Picture Perfect Pets

Ok..so nothing is perfect...and surely not the photos of my pets..or my pets themselves...but pets do make one of the best subjects for taking pictures. Here are just a few of mine. And of course Flipper here is hardly my pet..but I had to include him..I was just so thrilled at seeing my first dolphin up close! lol

This is a picture I took a while back while we were taking a leisurely ride on a friends boat. Funny story there...I am deathly afraid of water (except for the pool in our yard), I'm in a lot of pain..but for those who experience chronic pain, KNOW..that you HAVE to do things in life..do them THROUGH the pain..or you feel you just aren't alive. That being said..this guy was the highlight of my day (heck..the highlight of a long time!)...and what a ham he appears to be!

OUR BELOVED CLEO..AKA..ALIEN HEAD!




Cleo came to me..oh, about 13 years ago. She is a rescue from our then local pound. She was just a kitten...but at the moment she was brought home..it was a very sad time for me, since I'd just a few days before, lost my best friend Reba (my beloved cat) to a neighborhood kid driving too fast in our little neighborhood. Oh no..it wasn't the kids fault..don't go sending me hate mail over that..lol..Cleo always knew better than to go near the road..but for some reason that day..she did..and in the blink of an eye..she was gone. Anyone who has owned a pet who is more like a child or best friend (all my pets are that way to me), knows how hard it is and it's usually not a great idea to replace that pet with another in a short time. Well..my husband..my dear sweet..just wanting me to stop crying..husband..went to the pound and brought home to me...CLEO. And OMG..she was so ugly!! I know...how could I say that! lol But she was! This scrawny, wierd colored and acting kitten! But let me tell you..lying in my bed..tears rolling down my cheeks...little Cleo strolled right up to me and licked my face..she was drying my tears! Oh how I do love my Cleo! But..no matter how much I love her (and I do), the fact remains..she looks like an Alien Head! haha She doesn't mind being teased about it..she loves us just the same. And now, at 13 years old..she's much slower..tends to choose a different "spot" to "be" every couple weeks or so (her spot now is in "her" chair next to me). Dear sweet Alien Head! Here she is..wondering why is Mom sticking that thing in my face!!! lol